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Estelle M. Eke

difficulty relating the computer exercises in the textbook to real-world applications. Afterteaching this course a few times, the author decided to explore methods that might make thecourse more exciting to a greater number of students while remaining challenging. After someresearch it was decided that computer control of objects using microprocessors might be a goodaddition that will allow the students to test their programming skills, complement the techniquesencountered in the numerical exercises, and at the same time lead to fun and challenging designs.ObjectivesThe objectives for ME175 are to: Provide students with a basic exposure to numerical methods. Use MATLAB as the software environment to conduct numerical analysis

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Hassan Badkoobehi

show that there is a set of guiding universal principles that if properly ap-plied would provide guidance for dealing with ethical dilemmas. In theory, the study of engineeringethics should not be necessary if engineers were well founded in the application of these principles.Because of the complexities involved in ethical dilemmas, engineers must develop their ability to ap-ply moral intelligence (knowledge of what is right) when we are under pressure in real-life situations.The way we learn to apply this moral intelligence is by studying ethics so that when we are faced withan ethical dilemma we can reply in a manner that is consistent with these universal principles” [5]. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education

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James Helbling

application and communication skills has been very successful inpreparing Embry-Riddle students for real world employment as evidenced by alumni comments.Senior students also enjoy being placed in a hands-on environment which allows verification ofthe theoretical learning they have been exposed to during their previous courses.IntroductionThis paper recounts a change in the senior capstone design curriculum at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University (ERAU)/Prescott campus that involves the introduction of verificationof analytical predictions via testing of physical models and a team-teaching effort between theDepartment of Aeronautical Engineering (AE) and the Department of Humanities/Communities(HU/COM). These changes address perceived gaps in student

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DingXin Cheng; Joel Arthur; Albert M. Johnson

,landfill applications, septic leach fields, gas and leachate collection systems, retaining walls,lightweight embankment fill, and vibration attenuation for railways.Not all of the general public understands sustainability and utilizing waste tires as recycledproducts. Using recycled materials in real applications may face many challenges, especially ifthe knowledge of how to use the recycled materials such as waste tires has not been welldisseminated. These challenges involve many different people, including engineers. Engineersmay not have adequate knowledge about the physical properties, long term performance, designguidelines, and construction specifications. They may not want to take the risk of using recycledtires instead of conventional

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Lawrence Fong; Brian P. Self

283 Modeling the Dynamics of a Small Catapult to Enhance Undergraduate Studies Lawrence Fong and Brian Self California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAbstractIt is estimated that the average engineering student will work 3000 "back of the book" stylehomework problems by the time that they graduate. While these problems can certainly helpwith the learning process, many do not mimic any type of real world systems that an engineerwill encounter in their careers. Furthermore, most do not require the student to

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Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader

applicable toK-12 engineering education________________________________________________________*CIBRED is funded by NSF award OCI)-0753375 to O.Crasta Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 427IntroductionRussell A. Hulse noted in his Nobel Laureate Paper, “Preparing K-12 Students for the NewInterdisciplinary World of Science” that attitudes and habits are life skills formed during theearly growing-up years and that all students need to acquire basic factual and proceduralknowledge. He also argued that all students should have an understanding of science andthat we should

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Gordon W. Romney

the user.Major companies that use Ruby on Rails are Amazon.com, BBC, Cisco, Google, NASA, NewYork Times, Oracle, Siemens, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo! (RoR Companies, 2009) SunMicrosystems has based much of its future upon RoR in the form of JRuby that is a compiledversion of RoR that interoperates with Java platform applications. Regarding Ruby and JRuby,Sun states, “it combines the best features of many compiled and interpreted languages, such aseasy development of large programs, rapid prototyping, almost-real-time development, andcompact code. Ruby is a reflective, dynamic, and interpreted object-oriented scripting language,and JRuby is a Java programming language implementation of the Ruby language syntax, corelibraries, and standard

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Yusuf Ozturk; Emrah Orhun; Chris Bowerman

developing abroader computer science curriculum aimed at preparing students for real-world problems in amultidisciplinary, global world. ICACE is collaboration among three US and three EU universities joinedforces to create a core curriculum in Ambient Computing. The curriculum will include aspects of socialscience, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, organizational studies, global studies, andparticular application areas as well as core computer science subjects. Programs offered at partnerinstitutions will form trajectories through the curriculum. A degree will be defined in terms of combinationsof trajectories which will satisfy degree requirements set by accreditation organizations. The curriculum isevolving with student and faculty

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Eniko T. Enikov; Malcolm T. Gibson

. Micro-robotic drug delivery is adiverse area of research with emerging applications in intraocular surgery and cancer treatments.This research requires integration of engineering sciences such as bio-systems, fluid mechanics,thermodynamics, chemistry, material sciences, and more. This allows various engineeringdisciplines to utilize their classroom knowledge in direct research with real, innovativeapplications in technology. This method of complimenting engineering education with curricula-related research has shown improvement in engineering accomplishment and learning that isadvantageous to the future success of undergraduate engineering education.Introduction Engineering focuses on the development and discovery of important resources

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Frederick Harris; Gordon Lee; Stuart H. Rubin; T. C. Ting; Billy Gaston; Gongzhu Hu

University ofUniversity of Connecticut Anautics, Inc. Central Michigan UniversityStorrs, Connecticut 06269 Oklahoma City, OK 73110 Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Abstract As computing technologies continue to rapidly advance, the knowledge economy alsocontinues to be a more important part of the world economy. Ubiquitous computing is here tostay and it has become one of the main fibers of social, cultural, and economical life. It is anenabling technology that can increase the productivity in a wide range of applications andeconomical activities. Besides economic growth potential, computing also provides anopportunity for educational growth; this paper

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Vasco D. Polyzoev; Eniko T. Enikov

, cont.In a second part of the survey, we asked the students why they had chosen the hardware projectover the paper-based one. The majority of them were excited by seeing the effect of theapplication of control theory to a tangible system. They were also interested in establishing aconnection between the calculations and the experimental results. Here are some quotes of theactual answers: “I was excited about the idea of actually seeing this design work on paper getimplemented into a tangible mechanism. It was very motivating. It answered the timelessquestions, "Why do we need to know this? What is it good for?"”; ”The hardware project offereda more real-world physical representation of control system design.”; ”I like to be hands-on, Ilearn more

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Richard K. Herz; Gregory E. Ogden

lecture and textbook alone does not satisfy students' needs. Many physical systemsare too complex to be conveyed fully by the static plots and drawings in books. Essential tolearning is active practice and application of new knowledge. Real experiments are wonderful -but cost and space constraints limit the number which can be implemented - usually from zero toa few in most courses. Interactive software simulations can engage students actively in thelearning process and help them to understand and work with complex systems. Interactivesimulations engage the student2,3. They are interesting and fun to use4-6, and help students takeresponsibility for their education7.This paper describes a software application – SimzLab8 - and what we have learned

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Pradip Peter Dey; Thomas M. Gatton; Mohammad N. Amin; Mudasser F. Wyne; Gordon W. Romney; Alireza Farahani; Arun Datta; Hassan Badkoobehi; Ralph Belcher; Ogun Tigli; Albert P. Cruz

lecture. Consequently, theyare expected to apply this information to a question on the examination. In this approach, I willask several probing questions which are designed to stimulate the students' understandingregarding design decisions, and possible side effects.4. AGILE PROBLEM DRIVEN TEACHING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) (Main Author: G.Romney)4.1 APDT in IT Focuses on Real-world ProblemsInformation Technology (IT) emphasizes synergistic solutions between technology, people andprocesses to successfully resolve enterprise computer problems. In the IT Management (ITM)program at National University, students learn that people, namely the client, drive thedevelopment process. IT professionals, with their knowledge, skills

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Kate Disney; John Krupczak

Technological literacy encompasses three interdependent dimensions – knowledge, ways of thinking and acting, and capabilities. 1Technology or the human-built environment is seen as encompassing four main content areas:Technology and Society, Design, Products and Systems, and Core Concepts and Connections.2“How Stuff Works” classes falls into the Core Concepts category. The wide coverage offundamental technologies makes these courses a starting point for college students who wish tohave a better understanding of the broader technological world.The NAE goes further to set the following goal: The goal of Technological literacy is to provide people with the tools to participate intelligently in the world around them. 1Technology has

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a master's degree in from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in Chemical Engineering. While working as an academic administrator, Dr. Hayhurst continues to be active in research, specifically in the area of molecular sieve zeolites. He has numerous publications on molecular sieves and holds patents on their synthesis and applications. He has lectured extensively throughout the world on zeolites and was selected by the National Academy of Sciences as a participant for their Inter-Academy Exchange Program with the Academie der Wissenschaften der DDR. San Diego State University's College of Engineering is home to eight degree programs (Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Construction

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Bruno Osorno

discussionachieved in the face-to-face mode was not achieved in the online mode. We had to adjust and dothe best we could. The major change was the delivery of the material in a mostly verbal mode.Another change was the presentation of the major highlights of the discussion and the consistentquestioning of the faculty trying to get some real-time feedback from students.Since our goal is to engage our students and create the environment for deep learning ofelectrical engineering, we came up with a “funnel” approach. Figure 1 shows what we consider Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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Thomas J. Impelluso

unnecessary class for mechanical engineers The previous responses were mostly negative and the few positive responses wereapathetic. After the re-design, the negative responses became more active in suggestingimprovements while the percentage of positive responses increased and became more vigorous. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 76 Table 4 Spring, 2008 Responses to Qualitative Questions Concerning the CourseMore examples of real world application, shorter classes, keep this direction going!i

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Lora Goodwin; Brian P. Self; James Widmann

instruction were used in thesecourses. We will call the first group the Active Learning (AL) sections taught by two differentinstructors and the second group the Traditional (Tr) sections taught by a single instructor. TheAL sections utilized collaborative learning and Model Eliciting Activities (MEA’s), where the Trsections were taught in a more traditional lecture format.The AL sections were specifically given MEA’s as a part of their coursework to see if theywould have an impact on student’s gained conceptual knowledge throughout the quarter. MEA’sare new teaching tools being developed which use project-oriented assignments that aim topromote real-world application of engineering principles. Their focus is to use student’sconceptual knowledge to

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Teresa M. Ogletree; Brian P. Self; James Widmann

help providemotivation and real-world context in our dynamics courses at California Polytechnic StateUniversity San Luis Obispo, we have implemented three model-eliciting activities (MEA).Model-eliciting activities (MEAs) originated in the math education community. They focus onthe process of problem solving and model development, rather than just a final answer.The first MEA requires students to create an Accident Reconstruction Procedure for policeofficers in Sri Lanka. The student teams were given four accident reports, some pulled fromactual police reports, to analyze and use in determining their procedures. They had to utilizework-energy and momentum principles as guidelines, in addition to accounting for uncertaintyand other noise in the

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Gordon W. Romney; Paul D. Juneau

structured intoan APDT problem and assigned to undergraduate students in the ITM470/475 IT Securitysequence of courses. APDT, as used in ITM similarly to Problem Based Learning, focuses onreal-world problems. “Agility” components are introduced to more closely simulate the real-world workplace that students encounter (Agile Manifesto, 2001; Alleman, 2002; Alleman,2009). These agile components introduced allow students to be creative in discovering alternatesolutions and “work-arounds” to a problem. Employing APDT methods in instruction better Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference